Recently, Baosteel Group Co., Ltd. chairman Xu Lejiang and his retinue attends 2013 International Iron and Steel Association Council special session and Executive Committee 49th meeting held in Vienna, Austria. During the meeting, Xu ...
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It is reported that Korean steelmaker giant Posco planned to start trial production next month at its stainless steel cold rolling (CR) mill in Kocaeli, Turkey. Meanwhile, Posco Assan TST is owned 60% by Posco, 10% by Posco’s trading ...
According to media report that Azerbaijan government has officially determined in presidential order to set up the state owned Azerbaijan Steel Production Complex that will possess the production capability from iron ore mining and ...
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On April 25, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) signed a cooperation agreement regarding bainitic steel production with Beijing-based Teye Industrial and Trade Co., as reported by Baogang on ...
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Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, reporting a net loss of SEK 137 million, compared to a net profit of SEK 281 million in the corresponding quarter of 2012. The ...
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Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has issued its financial results for the first quarter of 2013, reporting an operating profit of €5 million, compared to an operating loss of €15 million in the corresponding quarter of 2012. Net ...
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According to a report by Latin American steel association Alacero, crude steel production in Latin America totaled 14.7 million metric tons during the first quarter of 2013, decreasing 11 percent compared to the same quarter last year. In ...
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Ukraine's largest pipe manufacturer Interpipe started producing steel billets in 2012, a new achievement on its way to vertical integration. Duncan Pell, Interpipe's sales director for the Middle East and North Africa, explained Interpipe's ...
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It's reported that China pushed up the global steel production in March, 2013. The global crude steel output totaled 135 million tons in March, was 1.1% higher than March 2012. Among them, China posted a 6.6% output increase to 66.3 million ...
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Global steel giant ArcelorMittal is starting mothballing of its two blast furnaces at its Florange site in Lorraine, France on Wednesday, April 24, according to media reports. The company expects to complete the shutdown of the hot stoves ...
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According to Azerbaijan's state information agency Azertag, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has issued an order to establish Azerbaijan Steel Production Complex, whose shares will belong to the state. The closed joint-stock company will ...
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that US raw steel production fell 1.2 percent in the week ending April 20, reversing the 1.2 percent increase the previous week. Total raw steel production in the United States ...
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Reportedly, China's Anshan Iron & Steel (Angang) announced to decrease its May hot rolled coil list prices by RMB150/ton and its cold rolled coil and hot-dip galvanized coil by RMB100/ton but hold plate and color coated coil prices remain ...
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According to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel), in March this year the crude steel output of 63 countries surveyed across the globe reached 134.9 million mt, increasing by one percent compared to March 2012 and up 3.5 percent ...
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Ukrainian steelmaker Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky (DMKD), a subsidiary of Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD), has stated that it plans to increase crude steel production in the current ...
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